Kaufman a Contender in Jeffries Comeback Bid
Manager Billy Delaney backs California boxer Al Kaufman to beat ex champion Jeffries. Delaney posts $1000 to stake a $10000 bet on Kaufman saying the protege has speed power and potential to win. Jeffries’ fate remains uncertain as public interest shifts toward the young challenger.
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Tommy Clark
James Ej
Jeffries
al Kaufman
California
Yorentais
Jack Johnson
Kaufman
Billy Delaney
Delaney
al Smith
Jeff
Big Jim
Deisney
Billy
Fitzsimmons
Angeles
Farmhouse Inn for Automobilists Shows Rural Revival
A New York region farm turned inn by a family of farmers attracts automobile travelers. Despite mortgage relief and new electric bells, the family keeps a simple menu of farm raised fare, brightens the home with books and comfortable furnishings, and notes daughters and sons marrying as the business grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Agricultural College
Cornell University
Miss Morgan Leads Sanitary Factory Health Crusade
Miss Anne Morgan, a rich California woman active in sanitary reform, tours New York cigar factories with National Civic Federation members and a cigar makers union leader. She plans to report factory health findings to the National Civic Federation and push legislative recommendations benefiting workers' health.
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Anne Morgan
California
Jane Addams
Appeal
Women’s Department
The
National Civic Federation
Miss Morgan
New York
International Cigarmakers’ Union
Morgan
Farm Girl Wins Braun Prize and $2500 Award
Mabél E. Sturtevant of Brookfield Mo born and bred on a farm, educated largely by self effort, wins the Braun prize in a contest among American and European university students. The 26 year old Missouri graduate and University of Missouri alumna earns over $2,500 and serves as secretary of the National Teachers and Students association. She was also admitted to the Missouri bar.
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Mabél E. ‘Sturtevant
Brookfelds
Europe
Braun
University of Missouri
National Teachers and Students’ Association
Bar of Missouri
Jane Addams Urges Aid For Destitute Children
Miss Jane Addams championed help for destitute American children at a White House conference. She linked Hull House work to national concerns and criticized government focus on canned meats and fisheries versus essential welfare. The National Child Labor committee earlier echoed her critique.
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Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
United States
White House
National Child Labor Committee
Miss Addams
Miss Fannie Bixby Becomes Police Matron in California
Miss Fannie Bixby a prominent California socialite is appointed deputy constable at Long Beach and takes the oath as a police officer in Los Angeles. She volunteers as matron for wayward girls and acts quietly to aid the unfortunate while remaining genteel in demeanor.
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Fannie Bixby
California
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Miss Bixby
Building Better Roads For The United States
The Architects and Builders Journal argues road building will be guided by scientific principles, ending haphazard methods. Suburban growth and increasing automobile use spur demand for improved roads, with bitulithic paving and organized funding expanding from towns to countryside benefiting farmers and travelers alike. Good roads are profitable investments.
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Wecome
United States
Architects and Builders’ Journal
Cmerle
Num
Atsbhs
Wincis Bowling Tourney Opens April 24
The Ninois Bowling Association begins its annual championship tourney on April 24, lasting two weeks. Local clubs compete for the title in a structured statewide event. players from multiple teams enter as representatives.
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Wincis
Ninois Bowling Association
Delaware Experiment Shows Kaolin and Clay in Road Surfacing
In Delaware a pilot road project described by Starn Commissioner Francis used river kaolin and clay over a graded foundation with sand layers. The paid costs totaled $172.25 for labor and teams and $5.15 for sand, projecting an overall rate of $2400 per mile. The long term results were awaited after a winter period.
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Delaware
Starn
Francis
Good Reads Magazine
Arkansas Road Bond Change Passes Legislature
Joint resolution No 4 introduced by Representative Hunt in the Arkansas General Assembly was signed by the governor on May 23 1907. The Good Roads Magazine calls it the most important road measure, allowing first and second class cities to issue bonds for road building and general improvement and counties to fund highway improvements. The measure must be approved at the next election two years hence to become effective.
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Arkansas
General Assembly
State of
Representative Hunt
Good Roads Magazine
Rural Delivery Milestone Notes From Early U S Postal Service
Indianapolis readers spot a roadside post office substation on Shelby and Cruft with ten rural mail boxes serving the neighborhood. The piece also mentions E P Wright of Franklin Township Ohio as possibly the first rural mail carrier with over fifty five years in service. It notes counts of rural carriers by state including Missouri Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas.
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Shelby and
Cruft
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
United States
E. P. Wright
Jackson Pike
Franklin Township
Ohio
Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
Hale
Hearty
Mr. Wright
Uncle Sam
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Hurricane Route Provides Free Passage for Desperate Man
A Billville exchange recalls a man who longed to leave the country but could not afford rail fare. A hurricane offered providentially free transportation and the man saved his house, pulling through at last.
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Billville
Atlanta Constitution
Practical Labor at the Pump Handle
A humorous exchange shows a wife prompting her husband George to join temperance efforts. He replies willingly but hints at action by suggesting a humorous pump handle stunt to fetch water, illustrating playful domestic wit.
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George
Heat from Wood Coal and Charcoal Compared
Wood yields one fourth the heat of coal while charcoal provides heat similar to coal. The comparison notes energy output differences among fuel sources.
Remarkable Dictionary Feat by Washington Woman
Mrs. George H. Gorham completed an idiomatic French English English French dictionary entirely unaided. The Washington woman undertook the challenging linguistic project without assistance from editors or a team, a notable solo achievement in lexicography.
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Washington
George H. Gorham
Art and nature as servants of providence
Quoted reflection on Browne about art and nature, arguing they are complementary and both creations of divine providence. The text contrasts nature and art as distinct yet unified spectra of one world shaped by God.
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Sir Thomas Browne
Dangerous Patent Pills Claim Cure All Ailments
An advertisement claims Appendi citis pills prevent appendicitis and treat constipation malaria headaches and indigestion. It markets Dr King related products and a 2 cent price at Phillips Drug Store with sensational language.
Always Comes High We Learn From Experience
A concise saying notes that experience often arrives without discounts and at full value. It reflects a market truth about learning by paying the full price rather than anticipated bargains.
Sundown Promises and Uncle Eben’s Conscience
Sundown is certain to arrive and Uncle Eben laments that arguments cannot quiet a guilty conscience. He insists no amount of clock fixing can avert the end as the sun sets, a moral note on accountability.
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Eben
Poor Quality Poultry In India And Limited Turkeys
An article notes poultry in Hindustan is of poor quality with American eggs valued as three local eggs. Chickens are usually very tough when young. Europeans in the Himalayas rear a few turkeys sold in Calcutta at Christmas for 5 to 20 dollars each.
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India
Hindustan
Himalayas
Calcutta
Near Death Experience Report in Big Pond
Mrs. Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania recounts a shilling ordeal with years of severe illness. She says doctors declared her disease incurable until Dre King’s New Discovery provided quick relief and a lasting cure. It is claimed to aid coughs colds sore lungs and other respiratory issues.
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Ida Soper
Dre. King
Don’t Parade Your Cute Shakespeare: Hérry Dues Best Hint
A fragmentary note comments on someone hiding a fact or object while claiming priority or cleverness. The line hints at a contest of who conceals something best, with cryptic wording and minimal context.
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Hérry Dues
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Sam Berger
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Karfman
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Sanitary Crusader
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New Jersey Road
Winchester
Kentucky
Winchester News Company
Incorpo
Deat
Big Pond
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